AMRITSAR: Thirteen observers, including six General Observers, five Expenditure Observers and two Police Observers, have been deployed in the district by the Election Commission for the Punjab Assembly elections.
All the officers are senior IAS officers from different states. A. S., i. RS and IPS officers.
Today District Election Officer Led by Gurpreet Singh Khaira, the inspectors had a detailed meeting with the Returning Officers of all the constituencies, Nodal Officers of different teams and Assistant Expenditure Observers of each constituency.
Introducing the teams to the Election Observers, Mr. Khaira said that these observers have been deployed by the Commission to ensure that the elections are free, and fair, , without any greed or fear.
While they will be monitoring the election machinery for the fulfillment of the aforesaid objective, they will be keeping a close eye on all the teams to ensure adherence to the code of conduct while keeping an eye on the expenses incurred by the candidates.
Introducing the General Observers, he said that Mr. Santosh Kumar Yadav IAS Phone No. 94788-37473 for Constituency Amritsar West and Attari, Mr. Shambhu Kumar IAS for Amritsar Central and South. Phone No. 94781-27161, Constituency Rajasansi and Amritsar North for Mr. Vinod Singh Gunjial IAS. Phone No. 94782-96719, Constituency Ajnala and Amritsar East for Mr. Arun Kishore Dogri IAS. Phone number 94170-32935, Mrs. Preeti Jain IAS for Halqa Jandiala Guru and Baba Bakala. Phone number 94657-36685 and for Halqa Majitha Dr. Vinay Goel IAS The telephone number is 94783-49455.
He said that Mr. Rajesh Kumar Yadav, Expenditure Observer posted for Halqa Majitha and Amritsar Central had lodged any complaint regarding the expenses of the candidates. Phone No. 94655-65215, Amritsar East, Attari and Baba Bakala for Sri Ram Prakash Rastogi IRS. Phone No. 94643-92913, Constituency Rajasansi and Amritsar West for Mr. Prabhat Dandotia IRS. Phone No. 94784-10286, Constituency Jandiala and Amritsar North for Mr. Ajit Dan IRS. Phone No. 94178-70584, Constituency Ajnala and Amritsar South for Mr. Arvinder Sharma IRS. The telephone number is 94783-65949.
Mr. Khaira further said that in addition to any complaint regarding violation of election code of conduct which would require the attention of the police, Mr. Rakesh Kumar Sinha IP, Police Observer posted for Halqa Ajnala, Rajasansi, Majitha, Jandiala, Attari and Baba Bakala. With the phone number 94781-19520 and Amritsar North, West, Central, East and South Police Observer Mr. R.M. Pandey IPS Can be contacted on 94642-67451.
Mr. Khaira said that all the observers are staying in the guest house of Guru Nanak Dev University and they can be reached daily from 9:30 am to 10:30 am for any kind of complaint or need.